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W. STRAIT.

HILLSIDE PLOW.

No. 313,122. Patented Mar. 3,1885.

INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

WILLIAM STRAIT, OF ELMIRA, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GELESTIA L. STRAIT.

HILLSIDE-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,122, dated March 3?, 1885.

Application filed May 7, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, M. STRAIT. a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung' and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hillside-Flows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hillside-plows, and particularly in the plow for which I have already received two patents, one numbered 233,046 and the other 290,610.

In the manufacture of plows it is well known that the mold-board, whether made of chilled iron or steel, springs in cooling, sothat in putting the different parts of aplow together there is difficulty in fitting the mold-boards; and the object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties of the springing of the moldof the mold-board. Fig. 2 is a side view of the saddle and extension, and Figs. 3 and 4 represent detached views.

In the manufacture of my improved plow the saddle A is cast with an extension, A, reaching back to the rear end of the moldboard, as represented in the drawings. The

crotch or brace O is pivot-ed at. its lower end (No model.)

to the landside G, and the upper end of the crotch is connected to the rear end of the extension of the saddle, as seen in Fig. 1. A hook-bolt, D, provided with a nut, d, connects the crotch to the extension of the saddle and holds the parts in working position. The double-pointed hook H catches on the upper arm of the crotch C, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus locks and holds the saddle, mold-board, and point in proper position. By this new construction the rear end of the n1old-boardF is attached to the extension of the saddle, instead of being connected directly with the crotch or bra'ce G, as was the case in my patent numbered 290,610, thus compensating for the springing of the mold-board and always guiding the point in proper direction. In the motion of reversing the plow the saddle is the operating device, while the mold-board is carried passively thereon, thus making the operation of the saddle independent of the moldboard.

For full description of my plow reference is made to Patent No. 290,610.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is- 1. In a reversible plow, the saddle A, having the extension A. to receive the attachment of the rear end of the moldboard, substantially as set forth.

2. In a reversible plow, asaddle, A, adapted to receive the mold-board, and capable of being reversed and locked independently thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

, WVM. STRAIT.

Witnesses:

DANIEL BREED, EMMA M. GILLn'r'r. 

